Great install, Thacker!!...as you say, that'll make anchoring a lot easier while your 1st mate is still in training...he's so lucky to be able to grow up around boats...my kids did and my 21 yr old (about to graduate college) just told me she wants to open a fishing charter in Charleston...oh well...
The guys have offered some great suggestions and I've got a couple, too...the hole thru the bow deck doesn't LOOK like it's sealed...if not, that wood core will start rotting out in pretty short order...if nothing else, spread a layer of 4200 around the inside of the cut, thoroughly coating all the exposed wood...
The chain laying on the deck will create a problem over time...you can simply pull the chain tighter if that'll keep the chain up off the gelcoat...you could rotate the hawse pipe 90* so the opening is closer to the direction of the chain...if you've already bedded the cap to the deck, this might be a little much...if you plan to do all this anyway, sorry for jumping the gun on ya...
Hope we don't sound like a bunch of picky bastids, but the devil's in the details...especially w/boats...
